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Lecture On Freemasonry,
and useful instruction conceived in silence and secrecy , and openly practised , cannot be construed to their condemnation , and should neA'er subject the Fraternity of Masons to those idle and unmanl y reflections which have ever been hatched up against their Order b y impious slanderers and ignorant pretenders to a superior knoAvled ge of their transactions . But Freemasonry flourishes and bids defiance to the slanderer and to the two-edged sword of the persecutorMasonry penetratesconscious
. , of success , through the thickest clouds of ignorance , and thus makes the light of truth triumph in every part of the globe , so as to brino-rude matter into due form , ancl to erect that hol y temple to the Deity Ay herem , the stern opponent to all regular society , the Avild Indian ancl the roving Arab , the Turk , the Jew , and the Christian , without doin ° - violcnce to their private religious tenets , openly , and cordially profess and practise that brotherlaffection Avhich has ever distinguished them
y from all the other boasted societies of our days . Here AA'e conquer without material weapons , Ave take possession Avithout subjugation and without infringing on the right of temporal property . The arts and sciences are encouraged by our order , the orphan , the widoAV , and the distressed brother are solaced , and receive the mite of fratpmnl
ntlm-mobe their creed , their country , or their nation , ever so strann-e and distant . Thus have Freemasons ever endeavoured to act uu ° to the principles of the ancientSecret Societies , ancl if they differ in some points from the practices of those ancient Avorthies , it is in having improved upon their leading principles , by spreading the truth most ° extensively over the globe , Avhilst the schools and academies of learnino- 0 f our predecessors were more of local than of universal existence In evil '
Freemasonry no can possibly be indulged against the existin ° - religion of the state , be that Avhat it ma ) ' , ancl much less to the state by which masons are protected ; for duty to God , according to our OAVII private religious education , and strict obedience to our superiors , beinothe foundation of our Society , Ave must for ever be considered a separate Society from many modern Secret Societies , Avho hold their conventicles under the Masonic name of "Lod " ancl with Avhom Fraternity
ges , our have no connection , and who not being sanctioned by the state , incur a heavy penalt y for meeting in secret . Of these the most dangerous are the Illummati , and the Polish and Italian Carbonari , AVIIO are merely political bodies , and are dispersed Avithout a house , or home over every part of the globe . ' ( To be continued . )
Man's Life.—"There Are Tavo Lives To Eac...
MAN ' LIFE . — "There are tAvo lives to each of us ; glidiim- on at the same time scarcel y connected with each other ! the life " of our actions ; the life of our minds ; the external and the inward history the movements of the frame ; the deep and ever-restless workings of the heart ! They AVIIO have loved , knoAV that there is a diary o ? the affections , Avhich Ave mi ght keep for years without having occasion even to touch the exterior surface of life busy the
upon , our occupations mechanical progress of our existence ; yet by the last we are judged , the first is never knoAvn . History reveals men ' s deeds , men ' s outward characters , but not themselves . There is a secret self that hath its own life ' rounded by a dream , ' impenetrated , unguessed . "
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Lecture On Freemasonry,
and useful instruction conceived in silence and secrecy , and openly practised , cannot be construed to their condemnation , and should neA'er subject the Fraternity of Masons to those idle and unmanl y reflections which have ever been hatched up against their Order b y impious slanderers and ignorant pretenders to a superior knoAvled ge of their transactions . But Freemasonry flourishes and bids defiance to the slanderer and to the two-edged sword of the persecutorMasonry penetratesconscious
. , of success , through the thickest clouds of ignorance , and thus makes the light of truth triumph in every part of the globe , so as to brino-rude matter into due form , ancl to erect that hol y temple to the Deity Ay herem , the stern opponent to all regular society , the Avild Indian ancl the roving Arab , the Turk , the Jew , and the Christian , without doin ° - violcnce to their private religious tenets , openly , and cordially profess and practise that brotherlaffection Avhich has ever distinguished them
y from all the other boasted societies of our days . Here AA'e conquer without material weapons , Ave take possession Avithout subjugation and without infringing on the right of temporal property . The arts and sciences are encouraged by our order , the orphan , the widoAV , and the distressed brother are solaced , and receive the mite of fratpmnl
ntlm-mobe their creed , their country , or their nation , ever so strann-e and distant . Thus have Freemasons ever endeavoured to act uu ° to the principles of the ancientSecret Societies , ancl if they differ in some points from the practices of those ancient Avorthies , it is in having improved upon their leading principles , by spreading the truth most ° extensively over the globe , Avhilst the schools and academies of learnino- 0 f our predecessors were more of local than of universal existence In evil '
Freemasonry no can possibly be indulged against the existin ° - religion of the state , be that Avhat it ma ) ' , ancl much less to the state by which masons are protected ; for duty to God , according to our OAVII private religious education , and strict obedience to our superiors , beinothe foundation of our Society , Ave must for ever be considered a separate Society from many modern Secret Societies , Avho hold their conventicles under the Masonic name of "Lod " ancl with Avhom Fraternity
ges , our have no connection , and who not being sanctioned by the state , incur a heavy penalt y for meeting in secret . Of these the most dangerous are the Illummati , and the Polish and Italian Carbonari , AVIIO are merely political bodies , and are dispersed Avithout a house , or home over every part of the globe . ' ( To be continued . )
Man's Life.—"There Are Tavo Lives To Eac...
MAN ' LIFE . — "There are tAvo lives to each of us ; glidiim- on at the same time scarcel y connected with each other ! the life " of our actions ; the life of our minds ; the external and the inward history the movements of the frame ; the deep and ever-restless workings of the heart ! They AVIIO have loved , knoAV that there is a diary o ? the affections , Avhich Ave mi ght keep for years without having occasion even to touch the exterior surface of life busy the
upon , our occupations mechanical progress of our existence ; yet by the last we are judged , the first is never knoAvn . History reveals men ' s deeds , men ' s outward characters , but not themselves . There is a secret self that hath its own life ' rounded by a dream , ' impenetrated , unguessed . "